The fold-out map inside the John C. Fremont book of maps is shown Dec. 1, 2016, at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretative Center in Baker City. Through a partnership between the Library of ...

Between 300,000 and 500,000 people traveled to the Pacific Northwest between 1841 and 1884. At least 20,000 travelers died on the trail. The trail affected many Indigenous tribes. Many were forced to ...

What was the Oregon Trail? The historic Oregon trail was a dangerous 2,000-mile trip starting in Independence, Missouri, and ending in Oregon City, Oregon. Much of the route was established by Lewis ...

More than 1% of Americans headed west in one of the largest voluntary mass migrations in human history. It helped define who ...

As scenic train rides go, it would be a plum ticket. Pacific Northwest passenger rail buffs are gathering in La Grande, Oregon, this Saturday to drum up support to bring back part of a long ago ...

Producer: Tom Banse As scenic train rides go, it would be a plum ticket. Pacific Northwest passenger rail buffs are gathering in La Grande, Oregon, this Saturday to drum up support to bring back part ...

BADEN -- A party of oxen-drawn covered wagons loaded with supplies and bound for Oregon’s Willamette Valley set out from State Street Elementary School’s front entrance on a recent Wednesday morning.